Biogeochemical processes at the fringe of a landfill leachate pollution plume: Potential for dissolved organic carbon, Fe(II), Mn(II), NH4, and CH4 oxidation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 181-205

  Van Breukelen, Boris M ^a   Griffioen, Jasper ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Landfill; Modelling; Natural attenuation; Reactive transport; Transversal dispersion

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); NATURAL ATTENUATION (NA); NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGASSING; DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDOX REACTIONS; SALTS; WATER POLLUTION;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; METHANE; MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACER;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PLUME; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CATION EXCHANGE; CLAY; DESORPTION; DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; LANDFILL LEACHATE; NETHERLANDS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLUME; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMMONIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 4344714657     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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